> Many of the students seemed convinced that > neoclassical economics was an inadequate tool > for analyzing production and distribution. > But several of them wanted to know why it was > so popular and dominant in the schools. Why > weren't most students presented with alternatives? > What would pen'lers have told them? > > Michael Yates
Hi Michael, Once on PEN-L I claimed that one of the reasons for that was that most of the economists on PEN-L, as well as others like them, had not resisted hard enough to keep their rightful places at the "respected" universities. Whether we like it or not, it is at these "respected" universities that one can outshout the others. Those who outshouted the alternative views did that from their posts at these "respected" universities. Whether PEN-Lers and others like them had any chance to find a place at such universities is a question to which I am not qualified to provide an answer. I simply do not have enough information to do that. But it is my belief that it is time for those who have the knowledge and ability to present alternative views to reclaim their rightful places at these "respected" universities. Otherwise, they will continue to be outshouted or so I believe. Sabri
